Nutrition Reports

The German Nutrition Report published by the DGE on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany

The Nutrition Reports for the Ferderal Republic of Germany have been published by the DGE since 1969. Since 1972 it is provided every 4 years by directive of the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture. The subjects follow topics of current interest.

History of the Nutrition Reports

In 1968, the government of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) commissioned the German Nutrition Society (DGE) to prepare a report concerning the nutritional status of the German population. This Nutrition Report was well received when it was submitted in June of 1969 because for the first time it provided a wide-ranging overview of data that were available about nutrition in the FRG. As a result the government decided to commission the DGE to prepare a comparable report every 4 years.In addition to an analysis of the nutritional situation in the FRG the Nutrition Reports from 1972 to 2000 contained reviews of important aspects covering current topics in nutrition. The Nutrition Reports provoked considerable interest both within and outside Germany.

An Englisch summary of the respective Nutrition Report may be available upon request. Please contact us. You can find our adress on the top of the page ("Impressum")

The following Nutrition Reports provide most recent statistical data of the nutritional situation in Germany which are supplemented by overviews, analyses and reviews of studies on present nutritional problems including evaluations.

13th DGE-Nutrition Report

The 13th DGE-Nutrition Report 2016 dealt with:

Nutritional situation in Germany

Catering in nurseries

Catering in care homes for the elderly

Influence of food processing and meal preparation on food choice, nutrient intake, intake of additives and the body weight of children, adolescents and adults

Nutrition Report 1988

Development of the nutritional situation in the Federal Republic of Germany

Toxicological and microbiological aspects of nutrition

Documentation Chernobyl

Food allergies and food intolerance reactions

Influence of federal measures on the nutritional behaviour

Influences on human food intake

Meals eaten away from home

Recommendations to meet nutrient and dietary energy requirements

Nutritional research in the Federal Republic of Germany

Nutrition Report 1984

The 1984 Nutrition Report discussed the following topics:

Development of the nutritional situation in the Federal Republic of Germany

Chemical-toxicological and hygienic-microbiological aspects of food

Psychosocial evaluation of nutrition in families with children

Development of the food demand in the Federal Republic of Germany

Critical evaluation of alternative diets

Nutrition Report 1980

The 1980 Nutrition Report dealt with:

Development of the nutritional situation in the Federal Republic of Germany

Nutritional behaviour in the Federal Republic of Germany

Eating away from home (problem analysis with special regard to the main meal)

Relationship between nutrition research and health policy

Nutrition Report 1976

In 1976 detailed information was presented in the following fields:

Food consumption and nutrient supply in the Federal Republic of Germany

The influence of nutrition on the health situation in the Federal Republic of Germany

Hygienic-toxicological and microbiological aspects of food

Communal feeding in the Federal Republic of Germany

Analysis of some selected samples of the influence of advertising on the nutritional behaviour

Psychological causes of poor nutritional behaviour

Nutrition Report 1972

In addition to an analysis of the nutritional situation in the Federal Republic of Germany the Reports of 1972 to 2004 also contain reviews of studies on nutritional problems. The following subjects were dealt with in 1972:

Nutritional behaviour in the Federal Republic of Germany

Nutritional significance of processed food

Changes in food quality during storage, processing and packaging

Nutrition education at school

Nutrition science and nutrition research

Nutrition Report 1969

The 1969 Nutrition Report dealt with the following subjects on 140 pages:

Production and consumption in the light of nutritional physiology

Relation between production and consumption of food produced in Germany

Population and consumer structure according to economic sectors

Relation between physiological consumer requirements and food prices

Food consumption and nutrient intake

Changes in nutrition in an industrial society

Evaluation according to nutritional physiology

Conclusions and future trends

The Nutrition Reports provoked considerable interest both within and outside Germany. From 1984 on, summaries of the Nutrition Reports have therefore been translated into English.